ChristianSocialism Christian Socialism
Any theory or system that aims to combine the teachings of
Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications
to life; Christianized socialism; esp., the principles of
this nature advocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and
others in England about 1850. -- {Christian socialist}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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